"for unto us." and again i'm always a stickler for pronouns. who are the 'us'? israel. this isn't talking to gentiles. isaiah writes to israel. now we take benefit. don't tell me that i'm telling you to throw it out. no. no! we get all kinds of benefit from it, but it's not written to us. it's written to israel. "for unto us (the nation of israel) a child is born. a son is given. and the government (what government? this coming kingdom)...and the government of this coming kingdom shall be upon his shoulder." whose shoulder? the babe that's just mentioned. jesus of bethlehem, later on of nazareth. see? all right, it's the same one. "the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name (along with all the other names of deity)...his name will be wonderful, counselor, the (what?)...the mighty god (and the next one really throws a curve at people. god the son is called what?) the everlasting father." see? and he's "the prince of peace." now verse 7, this is all a reference to his coming earthly kingdom. "of the increase of his government and his peace there shall be no e